114-WP-3143-2023.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 114 WRIT PETITION NO. 3143 OF 2023 Sambhaji Venkatrao Jadhav VERSUS Sub Divisional Officer Land Acquisition Officer And Another ….. Mr. Shinde Ashish Balaji, Advocate for the Petitioner Mrs. D. S. Jape, AGP for Respondent No.1 – State Ms. Ranjita Barhate h/f Mr. Yuvraj R. Barhate, Advocate for Respondent No.2 ….. CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 28.01.2026 PER COURT : 1. Heard the learned Counsel for the respective parties. 2. By way of the present petition, the Petitioner assails the order dated 16.02.2023 passed by the Presiding Officer, Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-Settlement Authority, Aurangabad, whereby objection raised by the Petitioner came to be rejected. 3. The learned AGP raised a preliminary objection as regards the maintainability of the Petition by pointing out that the Petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing an Appeal under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act. 4. In view of availability of alternate remedy, I am not inclined to entertain the present Petition and the same is disposed of accordingly. 5. The Petitioner is at liberty to file an Appeal before the Competent Authority. 1 2026:BHC-AUG:3548 114-WP-3143-2023.odt 6. The time spent in prosecuting the present Petition shall be taken into consideration while consideration the question of limitation, if the Petitioner files the Appeal. [SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.] Sameer/January-2026 2